Spring Birding Guide

Enjoy the impressive sights and sounds this spring as colorful birds migrate north and resident birds energetically prepare for new families. Look around to find the source of that sweet love song ritually ringing to attract a mate.

Food

Spring is an important time to provide food as fall and winter insects, berries and seeds have diminished. Select foods specifically designed for the birds you want to see close up.

Plant flowers, grasses and shrubs that provide nectar and seasonal berries or seeds

Trumpet Vine Bignonia

Butterfly Weed Asclepias

Ornamental grasses

Nandina

Pyrachantha

Did you know Parents fly an irregular path when bringing food to their young to steer predators away from the nest.

WaterA pretty bird bath or water fountain provides essential year round drinking and bathing water as well as art in the garden. The moving sound of water in a water fountain, or from a drip hose suspended above a bird bath, will attract even more birds. Use Dunk pellets in the water to prevent mosquitoes. Refresh water weekly.

ShelterBirds nest in birdhouses, trees and shrubs. Select easy to maintain birdhouses designed specifically for the birds you would like to attract. Include roosting pockets around the yard as added protection from predators and the weather. Add your personal style with decorative bird houses.